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A -- NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT -- CONSTELLATION X-RAY MISSION SOL NRA-98-217-01 DUE 030998 POC Janet Langweil, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4212, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Janet.S.Langweil.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Bradley Poston, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8688, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Bradley.J.Poston.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#NRA-98-217-01. E-MAIL: Janet Langweil, Janet.S.Langweil.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC hereby issues NASA Research Announcement(NRA) 98-217-01 for Technology Development efforts in support of the Constellation X-Ray Mission. This NRA solicits firm fixed price proposals for technology development in the following areas: 1. X-Ray Calorimeter or equivalent; 2. CCD/Grating System or equivalent; 3. Hard X-Ray Telescope Under the basic effort for each of the above areas a status review and final report will be required. Priced options will be included for continued research and development to prototype demonstration. This effort is not for the acquisition of a Constellation Instrument; it is to develop and demonstrate technologies. NASA/GSFC encourages broad participation. This NRA is open to all categories of domestic organizations, e.g., industry, educational institutions, other nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and Government agencies (including all FFDRC's). All qualified, responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. It should be noted that the NRA reserves the right of NASA to award multiple contracts for all or part of the solicited effort for one, all, or any combination of the above, three technology development areas. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8711 and $20M, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The due date for receipt of proposals is March 9, 1998 at 3:30 EST. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available only over the Internet. These documents will be in Wordperfect 6.1, Lotus 1-2-3 (Release 5), and Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify NASA/GSFC of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/notes.htm. (0021)

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